Another sunny, warm morning. Humid, but not as humid. Not a lot of bird vocalization—although little ones were announcing their presence with tiny, begging chips and whines.
Among species that’ve gone quiet: Veery, American Redstart, a couple of woodpecker species. Titmice were perhaps the most active species today, along with others with youngsters, like towhees and catbirds. And toward the end of my hike with dog, we came upon a group of three or four little Chestnut-sided Warbler fledglings.
The sunny, warm weather’s supposed to continue. Tomorrow will be different somehow, just wait…
Beech Hill List Starting at 6:59 a.m. EST (7:59 DST), I hiked all trails.
Another foggy morn for dog and me, as we headed up to the trailhead. We’ve had so many foggy mornings this summer already that more than once I’ve heard it called “unprecedented.” This morning’s fog happened to happen on the first day of the land trust’s planned-for week-long free blueberry pick—which got canceled on account of it.
However, quite a few birds showed up despite the weather—including a bluebird whose free pick days know no such thing as cancelations.
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:05 a.m. EST (8:05 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** (v) 2. Eastern Phoebe** 3. American Goldfinch** (v) 4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 5. Ovenbird** (v) 6. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 7. Veery (v) 8. Eastern Towhee 9. Tufted Titmouse (v) 10. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 11. Blue Jay 12. Eastern Wood-pewee (v) 13. White-breasted Nuthatch (v) 14. American Crow* 15. American Robin* 16. Northern Flicker 17. Hermit Thrush 18. Hairy Woodpecker 19. Gray Catbird** 20. Common Yellowthroat 21. Song Sparrow** 22. Field Sparrow (v) 23. Cedar Waxwing 24. Black-and-white Warbler 25. Eastern Bluebird 26. Northern Cardinal (v) 27. Yellow Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
28. Mallard 29. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v) 30. Herring Gull
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
Another sunny, summery morning—but cooler, and with a breeze. The wild birds are busy taking care of their youngsters these days, whether corvid or raptor or warbler or thrush. Noteworthy today was a Red-shouldered Hawk (which dog and I spooked, so I got no good photo), a silent, hunting Alder Flycatcher, and a bunch of juvie thrushes.
One of the latter posed politely for me (seemingly curious about these two animals of different species). Thank you, little Hermie.
Beech Hill List Starting at 7:07 a.m. EST (8:07 DST), I hiked all trails.
1. Red-eyed Vireo** 2. Eastern Phoebe 3. Black-throated Blue Warbler (v) 4. Black-throated Green Warbler (v) 5. Ovenbird** (v) 6. Song Sparrow** 7. Red-bellied Woodpecker (v) 8. American Goldfinch (v) 9. American Crow* 10. Eastern Towhee 11. Black-capped Chickadee (v) 12. American Robin* 13. Tufted Titmouse (v) 14. White-breasted Nuthatch 15. Blue Jay (v) 16. Eastern Wood-pewee 17. Hermit Thrush 18. Red-breasted Nuthatch 19. Northern Flicker (v) 20. Chestnut-sided Warbler (v) 21. Common Yellowthroat 22. Gray Catbird 23. Yellow Warbler (v) 24. Cedar Waxwing 25. Red-shouldered Hawk 26. Field Sparrow (v) 27. Brown Creeper (v) 28. Black-and-white Warbler 29. Eastern Bluebird 30. Alder Flycatcher 31. Turkey Vulture 32. Blue-headed Vireo (v)
Elsewhere
33. Herring Gull
Mammals
American Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only *Also elsewhere **Voice only elsewhere †First-of-year
